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Self-Guided
Walking Holidays/
Hadrian's
Wall Itinerary
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Arrive at the town of Bowness-on-Solway sitting on the Solway
Firth and looking across the firth to the coast of Scotland.
Take a walk along the coastline, stroll along the sands or just
relax in a local hostelry before dinner this evening.
A short transfer this morning puts you on the start of our walk
along the new national trail that is the Hadrian's Wall Path.
On your first day you enjoy a leisurely walk along from the coast,
through the town of Carlisle, before climbing quite gradually
out of the town and into the low hill-land of the Cumbrian countryside.
Leaving your accommodation you quickly rejoin
the path of the wall and continue along the trail. Today is a
day of gentle rise and fall with the opportunity to see the 2,000
year old Birdoswald Roman Fort (which once housed over 1,000
Roman soldiers). Today's walk ends in the spa town of Gilsland
nestling on the banks of the Irthing.
Today's section includes the most popular and visited part of
the wall. Entering the Northumberland National Park you climb
up from Gilsland as the wall follows the natural lie of the land
and abuts the top of crags looking over into Scotland, and also
affording views of the Northern Pennines. Walking down to Once
Brewed you are met by our transport and transferred to your stay
in the town of Haltwhistle.
From Once Brewed your path takes you past small lochs, crags,
milecastles and Roman forts as the wall winds it way back and
forth across the high country before starting to descend down
toward Chollerford on the banks of the Tyne.
Rising to Brunton Bank the trail follows a fairly direct line
across the fells, cutting across farmland and the sources of
minor rivers as it starts to gradually descend toward the B6318
and onward to Heddon-on-the-Wall. By this stage the wall has
all but disappeared, being evidenced only by a large ditch or
occasional ridgeline alongside the path.
The tour is completed after breakfast with a transfer to Newcastle,
Gateshead or to the Roman Fort of Segedunum at Wallsend.
6 nights accommodation, based on two adults sharing, in approved
hotels and guesthouses (normally with en-suite facilities).
Transfer to/from either Newcastle Airport, Newcastle
Central Station, Carlisle Station or Gateshead at both start
and end of the tour. Please contact us for transfers to/from
Teeside International Airport or further afield.
Meals consist of a full breakfast each day, packed
lunch and a two/three course meal each evening. Drinks are not
included.
Luggage transfer each day along the route, detailed
daily route notes, and map(s).
For more information on Hadrian's Wall visit the English Heritage
website at www.english-heritage.org.uk.
Further information on the Hadrian's Wall Path itself can be
found at the National Trails site www.nationaltrail.co.uk/HadriansWall.
The Hadrian's Wall Tourism Partnership is also a good source
of information. You can visit this at www.hadrians-wall.org.
Flight schedules and information on Newcastle
Airport.
For information on trains to Newcastle and Carlisle, visit the National
Rail site.
